Our experience with Cubesmart was horrible. My husband and I rented from here. Spent thousands starting in July 2020. Cubesmart's roof was poorly maintained and water got though to our unit. My husband actually had to climb the roof himself (with a Cubesmart employee present) to see what was going on, and the roof looked horribly maintained. We could see right above our unit where the water got in (inside of our unit on the roof were rusty nails and white stained water smears). The cubesmart employee even said that the pictures we took looked like clear water damage. He has since been moved to a different location.
Mold/water ruined $45,000 worth of our items, After a nightmare of trying to dispose of our moldy belongings and salvage that which remained from the water damage that came through Cubesmart's roof, we finally were able to get our things out last Saturday (9/17).
Cubesmart locked our unit up without giving us any notice. The reason was for non payment (as we refused to pay one more dollar to the company who failed to keep our belongings climate controlled as promised), yet no notice was given. The district manager offered to unlock our belongings if we paid our outstanding balance. After we confronted them over the absurdity of locking our things with no notice and then demanding payment in order to get our moldy things (that pose a risk to neighboring units) out, the district manager offered to forgive our outstanding rent and allow us use of the dumpster for our large items on the condition that we get everything out by 9/17 or 9/18. Previously, they had always said it was our responsibility to pay for the disposal of those large items/mattresses that wouldn't fit in the dumpster.
On Monday morning (9/19), we were sent a general release of liability that said, among a number of things, that I would not "publicly criticize, ridicule, disparage or defame Releasee or its products, services, policies, directors, officers, shareholders, or employees, with or through any written or oral statement or image (including, but not limited to, any statements made via websites, blogs, postings to the internet, or emails and whether or not they are made anonymously or through the use of a pseudonym)."
Cubesmart claimed that the rent forgiven was legal "consideration" for this release. We do not recall a mention of the release, and we would have never agreed to signing anything that we had not read thoroughly. So we obviously refused to sign.
They are quite literally trying to get us to shut up, and we won't until they make this right.
Our Cubesmart insurance policy (via Great American) covered $2,000 of $45,000+ worth of damage. At the time that we signed our lease, Great American's most expensive policy covered up to $5,000 worth of damage. So, if you have valuable things, don't store them here.
Cubesmart has still not notified other residents of the damage (we have friends we have been able to verify this with), and they will not tell us the roof repair history of the last two years or what their greater storage unit policy insurance is. To our knowledge, they have also not repaired the roof.
Also, be careful with those discounts mentioned on the website. Those rates go up quickly and often, and they know it's way too difficult for you to move your stuff so there is nothing you can do.
Communication with Cubesmart has been verrrry poor since the incident. They are hoping we forget but we wont. Buyer's beware. read more